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> superficial pattern matching. > Bitcoin is Google. Is this satire?
by Simon_says 9y ago
> superficial pattern matching.
> Bitcoin is Google.
Is this satire?
- yen223 9y agoGoogle provides a valuable service that saves me time. Bitcoin, uhh...
- kindfellow92 9y agoIf you can’t see how Bitcoin provides millions of others a valuable service, you have a poor imagination.
- Nursie 9y agoPlease do explain this service! Because as far as I can tell it's got no real utility outside of speculation.
- kindfellow92 9y agoHow about the ability to move large sums of money around the world without having to trust or be limited by any government or bank?
- Nursie 9y agoNot really that useful to many millions of people IMHO.
- kindfellow92 9y agoMillions, yes it is... the world is a lot bigger place than you think it is.
- Nursie 9y agoSorry, I don't believe being able to transfer large amounts of money around without having to trust or be limited by banks or governments is much concern to 'millions'. There really aren't all that many people that have problems with that, who are that distrustful of existing infrastructure.
- kindfellow92 9y agoThere are millions of millionaires in China alone that are very concerned about the future security and mobility of their money. Now consider India, Russia, Iran. This isn’t fiction.
- Nursie 9y agoThis has been thrown around for years on the BTC scene, and it's just not a killer app. Nor do I believe that such people are willing to use cryptocurrencies for such transfers, in their millions. And that's before we get on to whether it is moral to facilitate such anyway...
- aussie1233 9y agoLooking at the market cap, it's about half Google. Probably much larger (2x) by and of year according to Tom Lee.
- kindfellow92 9y agoYou’re right. I meant, if anything Bitcoin is Google, but it’s not even that.